Word Test 220

Improve Your Vocabulary

There is nothing more important in life than being able to master the power of communication. A good vocabulary is a like driving a car with rocket fuel instead of leaded gasoline. Words can power your career into high gear and increase your understanding of others.

From 2002-2014 we posted our Word of the Day and subsequently our Weekend Word Tests for 650 Consecutive Weeks or 12 ½ years, to help our viewers improve and expand their vocabulary. If you are serious about improving your vocabulary, our Word Test Library will challenge you to learn words you may never have known existed.

For the Week ending 05/12/06

Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.

In data communication, the basic unit of information transferred.

Most _______ of information sent over the internet are broken down into three parts: the header; payload; and trailer.

A communications channel between two points, typically referring to large-bandwidth telephone channels between switching centers, that handle many simultaneous voice and data signals.

The island where we reside has a _______ running under water, connecting all voice and data signals to the mainland.

_______ guarantees delivery of data as well as guarantees that packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were sent.

Is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link and typically share the resources of a single processor or server within a small geographic area (for example, within an office building).

Our new house is equipped with a Wireless _______, allowing connectivity to the Internet and VOIP from anywhere in the home.

In IP telephony, a network device that converts voice and fax calls, in real time, between the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and an IP network. It's primary functions include voice and fax compression/ decompression, packetization, call routing

The price of a _______ device has been reduced substantially, to enable the successful introduction of VOIP in homes and businesses.